Viet-CARE

08/15/2025

¡Mayo es el mes de salud de mujeres! ¡Desliza de aprender mas de los examen recomendado for mujeres! Compartir con una mujera en tù vida.💖🎗️

08/05/2025

“You’re Asian, so you’re smart, right?”
We’ve all heard it. But behind that sentence is a whole mess of pressure, pain, and erasure.

The Model Minority Myth makes it seem like all Asian Americans are thriving — straight A’s, stable jobs, no struggles. But the truth is… that story’s a lie. And it hurts us.

This post unpacks where the myth came from, why it’s so damaging, and what we can do to fight it. We’re breaking down the “perfect Asian” narrative — not because we’re angry (okay, sometimes we are lol) — but because we deserve better. Because struggling doesn’t make you a failure. Because success doesn’t mean silence. Because being Vietnamese American — or any kind of Asian — shouldn’t come with a script you didn’t agree to.

💛 You’re not a stereotype. You’re a whole, complicated, beautiful person. And you’re allowed to be exactly who you are.

07/22/2025

Tháng 5 là tháng sức khỏe phụ nữ ! Vuốt để biết thêm xét nghiệm quang trọng cho phụ nữ! Chia sẻ cái post này với mót phụ nử trong cuộc sống của bạn. 💖🎗️

07/11/2025

Swipe to learn more about the current situation impacting our immigrant community along with supportive resources that you or someone you know can use

06/30/2025

For many of us, coming out came with silence, fear, or shame. This Pride Month, let’s rewrite that narrative. Here’s what we wish we heard growing up q***r and Asian. 🧡

06/27/2025

June 27th is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day. PTSD is a mental health condition that can cause significant strain on people’s lives and relationships. Swipe to learn more about PTSD.

06/20/2025

Coming out as a q***r Vietnamese individual can be difficult due to various factors and is a gradual process between individual and family, read to learn more about these factors and ways to support as a family member or friend

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06/13/2025

For many of us, coming out came with silence, fear, or shame. This Pride Month, let’s rewrite that narrative. Here’s what we wish we heard growing up q***r and Asian. 🧡

05/30/2025

May is Women’s Health Month! Swipe to learn more about some screening tests women may be recommended! Share this with a woman in your life. 💖🎗️

05/28/2025

05/20/2025

❗️Many Asian American clients feel unseen in therapy — not because they are unopen, but because they are met with frameworks that fail to honor their values.

💬 A culturally humble therapist doesn’t say “Here’s what you need.”
They ask, “What does healing look like for you?”

🌿 True care means meeting people where they are, not asking them to fit into narrow definitions of wellness. Healing is collaborative, not corrective.

💛 Healing for us means reclaiming what was taken—our traditions, our stories, our ways of coping.

📖 We need culturally responsive care that honors our identities and histories — not therapy that asks us to whitewash ourselves to feel better.

📍Let’s start unlearning.

📝 Millner, U.C., Maru, M., Ismail, A., & Chakrabarti, U. (2021). Decolonizing Mental Health Practice: Reconstructing an Asian-Centric Framework Through a Social Justice Lens. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 333–345.

05/09/2025

Many Vietnamese American youth find themselves torn between traditional cultural values and the pressures of modern life, making it challenging to talk about mental health. A recent survey of Vietnamese American youth in Orange County, CA revealed some eye-opening insights:

• 52% of participants reported having “occasionally” serious disagreements with their parents.
• 12% reported having “very often” serious disagreements with their parents.

The key areas of conflict? Family responsibilities (64%), friends/social activities (40%), and career/major choices (40%). 😔
But the survey also highlighted a huge gap in communication:

• Over 50% of youth feel uncomfortable talking to their parents about mental health struggles such as stress, anxiety, or depression.
• Many shared that they don’t feel safe discussing their mental health without fear of judgment.

Despite these challenges, participants expressed a strong desire for change. Common themes included:

🌱 More support from parents without pressuring about the future.
🌱 The need for parents to understand and reassure them.
🌱 The wish to live freely and explore their own needs—without feeling stifled by cultural expectations.

The survey suggests that cultural clashes may contribute to this disconnect between generations. It's time for open conversations about mental health in our communities, where support and understanding replace fear and judgment.

🔎 Survey conducted in Orange County, CA with 26 participants, aged 18-26.